Bottle-rinsing machine.



S, VOLZ. BOTTLE RINSING MAGHINE. APPLIOATION Hmm JAN. 27, 1903.

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S. VOLZ.

BOTTLE RINSING- MACHINE.

API'LIOATION FILED una?, 1903.

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SIMON voLz, or MILWAUKEE, wIsCoNsIN, AssIGNoa., nir manor ANI NnsNN AssIoNIvInN'rs, rro THE 20TH CENTURY MACHINERY COMPANY, or CHICAGO, ILLINoIs,

A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

Bor'rLia-NINSING MACHINE.

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Patented ltltar. 9., tid.,

Application tiled January 27, 1903-` Serial No. 140,728.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that SIMON VoLz, residing at Milwaukee, Milwaukee county, VVisconsin, have invented certain. new and useful improvements in Bottle-Rinsing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relatesto a machine t'or rinsing bottles by means of jets ot water direct ed into such bottles. while in inverted position and has tor its object the provision of a novel and eiticient construction of machine of that character whose features of advantage and utility will be apparent from the description hereinafter given.

lin the drawings, Figure l is a perspective of my machine; Fig.2 a cross-section thereot'; Fig. 3 a longitudinal .section thereof, Fig. 4c a section plan online 4t-4 of Fig. 8, and Fig. 5 a cross section of the controlling valve 9.

My machine comprises essentially a table carrying a series of wat-er nozzles or spouts, above which is arranged a supporting plate having bottle openings registering with 4the nozzles or spouts and adapted to receive the mouths ot' the bottles and below which is a series ot water conduits 'for supplying water to the nozzles.

In the presentinstance, my machine, in

general outline, is table-shaped by reason ot' the table proper or nozzle supporting plate t and the legs Q. By preference, this table is a casting in whichare also cast a series of water supply pipes 3 extending longitudi nally of the machine about half way thereof and joined at their inner ends by a manifold or header 4, all as clearly shown in Fig. 4. rthere are thus two sets ot these pipes and headers, one on each side of the central crossline of the machine. rl`he outer ends of the pipes are closed by screw plugs 5, while the ends of the headers may be closed by similar plugs 6, one set of which may be removed when the supply pipes 7 are attached, Fig. 3. rthese two pipes 7 are controlled in their communication with the main 'supply pipe 8 by a suitable valve 9. At equally spaced distances, holes 10 are provided through the table so as to communicate with the water supply'below and into such holes are screwed the nozzles or spouts 11 arranged to deliver jets of water upwardly. Thus, each pipe 3 and manifold 4 communicates Awith a series of .these nozzles, which are underspouts owing to their peculiar relation with respect to the bottles, as hereinafter explained.

Atiti Formed on or attached to the table and i projecting upwardly therefrom are a. series of ribs or posts 12, on the tops of which rests a bottle-supporting plate 13 made pret; erably of thin sheet metal. rllhisv plate 13. is provided with a series of apertures 1t registering with the nozzles 1 1 and arranged acertain distance above such nozzles as determined bythe height of the ribs 12. The edges of these apertures are flanged or rolled inward in such manner as to receive and support the mouth of the inverted bottles, with the result that the jets of water will be discharged into the bottles. By preference, the edges of the bottle-supporting plate are downwardly bent or flanged. The table is provided with an upward liange 15 to form a panl adapted to collect the water used in rinsing the bottles and conduct it to an outlet communicating with al drain pipe 16. This pan, formed by the table and the flange, it will be observed, is interposed bctween the water supply pipes or passages and the bottleA supporting plate, so that the supply pipes are on the outside of the pau and in an easily accessible position.

.Tn practice, the bottles are carried or assembled in a suitable bottle carrier `or rack 17. as .seen in Fig. 2, which is arranged to hold preferably sixteen bottles, that is, half the capacity of my machine, although such capacity may be changed as desired. If the bottle carrier is ot one-halt` the capacity of the machine, as described, the vater supply -valve 9 is of such construction as to admit 'mit water simultaneously 'through both pipes 7. To this end the valve 9 may be made as shown in detail in Fig. 5, wherein the body of the valve has a diametrical or cross passage 9a and a radial communicating passage 9*. When the valve is in the illustrated position both pipes 7 and eonsequently both sections of nozzles simultaneously receive water from the supply pipe 8, but when turned a quarter in one direction or the other, one or the other of such pipes-and sections receive water. A half turn of the valve will entirely cut oif communication of the water to both pipes 7.

When the bottles to be rinsed or washed are in place and the Water supply turned on, the `water will be jetted into' the bottles in the""general manner indicated in Fig. 2. The spouts themselves are entirely below the lower end or inouths of the boti Ioutlet or drain.

tles, so that the water alone is projected into vthe bottles. The'water, entering the bottles axially, strikes the inner bottoms thereof and, bein deected laterally, runs down the sides of t e bottles and escapes through the` necks in an annular stream. The water then falls upon the table and 1s conducted to the -I cla-im: I I

1 A bottle r1ns1n machine comprising a serles of water supp y conduits having nozzles adapted to direct streams of water upwardly, and a support for the inverted bottles having a series of openings which register with said nozzles, the su' port being provided with means for hol ing said bottles in register with the openings and with their mouths above the nozzles.

2. A bottle rinsin machine comprising a series-of water supp y conduits having noz'- zles adapted to direct streams of water 11pwardly, and a support'having a series of openings which register with said nozzles,

said openings `being inwardly fianged to support the 'inverted bottles with their mouth portions directly above the nozzles but prevent their neck Vportions from passing through the support.

3. .A bottle rinsing machine comprising a bottle-supporting plate having a series of openings for the mouths ot the inverted bottles, in which openings the mouths rest but .through which they do not pass, a table having an upwardly directed marginal iange to form 'a pan and having a series of water pipes or passages, nozzles or spouts arranged 'on the table and communicating with said water supply to supply,y water to the bottles, and a drain pipe dior. draining the Water from the table.

4. A bottle rinsing machine comprising-a bottle supporting plate having a series of @emes openingsl for the mouthV of the inverted botties, the edges of which openings are ianged inwardly, and underspout nozzles arranged below the months of the bottlesand adapted to project jets 0i water into such bottles.

5. A bottle rinsing machine comprising a table having nozzles for projectin jets of water upwardly, supports exten ing upwardly from the table, and a bottle-sup orting plate mounted on said supports and aving inwardly flanged openings registering with said nozzles and arranged to receive and support the mouths of the invert/ed bottles above such nozzles.

6I In a bottle rinsing machine, the combination, with a table provided with a series of water supply conduits having outletsv opening upwardly, the top of said table forming a receptacle for receiving and draining away the water with which the water upwardly into the inverted bottles and a supporting plate having a series of openings registering with said water outlets and flanged to receive and support the mouths of said bottles.

8. A bottle rinsing machineccomprising a table, a series of water `supply conduits, a

series of ribs 12 -iormed integral with said table, said conduits having openings ada ted to direct Ijets of water upwardly, and a ottle supporting plate 13 supported upon said ribs 12, said supporting plate ,having apertures 14 registering .with said o enings and adapted to receive the mouths o the bottles.

-s'IMoN voLz.

lvfitnesses Gr. B. HOFFMANN, F. M. BLUM. 

